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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: stellajohnson4truth@mynet.com
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:43:04 +0200
Subject: From Stella Johnson (Reply)


>From Stella JohnsonHello dear one,I know that this my message will not be an embarrassing to you? Please I will like to tell you that I have a good business relationship to tell you about and am seeking your assistance for it, I am the only child to late Mr.. Anthony Johnson a citizen of Togo Republic but nationalized in Cote D'Ivoire and my mother is from Cote D' Ivoire as a citizen while I was born there in Cote D' Ivoire and brought up as a citizen, but my mother died when I was a kid which prompted my father to took me so special and my father made a deposit of $7,850,000.00 MUSD in a bank here in Togo before his sudden death and since 2011 political war crisis happened in Cote D'Ivoire I ran away and came back here in Togo been my legitimate country and i am thinking to go back to Cote D'Ivoire as the war crisis has stopped but unfortunately another problem started again which they killed some military men in the military base on 6th of August 2012.Now I am seeking for your
assistance to help me bring a foreign good bank account to be use to transfer this my inherited money because I don't know anybody here in Togo because I was born and brought up in Cote D'Ivoire which I don’t know anybody here in Togo: but due to this crisis I can not go back there to live again So I want to relocate to a foreign country to relax myself and continue a new life, Please if you are willing bring your correct data’s telephone number including your address and your identity card for more confidence and I need only but your honest and transparency I hate cheating and I don't like someone to cheat on me please this money is the only hope I have in this my life, Just understand it that if you are sincere we are going to establish over lasting  good business relationship and business partnership with this above mentioned amount. Reply with this my private email id: stellajohnson604@mynet.comI am expecting your sincerity response.Miss Stella Johnson


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